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Artist: Talking Heads
Canonical path: /talking-heads/stay-up-late
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Stay Up Late
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Stay Up Late
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Mommy had,
a little baby.
There he is,
fast asleep.
He's just,
a little plaything.
Why not,
wake him up?
Cute, cute,
little baby.
Little pee pee,
little toes.
Now he's,
coming to me.
Crawl across,
the kitchen floor.
CHORUS:
Baby, baby, please let me hold him
I wanna make him stay up all night
Sister, sister, he's just a plaything
We wanna make him stay up all night
Yeah we do
See him drink,
from a bottle.
See him eat,
from a plate.
Cute, cute,
as a button.
Don't you wanna make him,
stay up late.
We're having fun,
with no money.
Little smile,
on his face.
Don't cha love,
the little baby.
Don't you wanna make him,
stay up late.
CHORUS
Here we go (all night long)
Sister, sister (all night long
In the playpen..woo...(all night long)
Little baby goes ha! (all night long)
I know you wanna leave me...
Why don't,
we pretend.
There you go,
little man.
Cute, cute,
why not?
Late at night,
wake him up.
CHORUS
Here we go (all night long)
Sister, sister...woo... (with the television on)
Little baby goes...woo! (all night long)
Hey, hey, baby! (all night long)
And he looks so cute (all night long)
In his little red suit (alll night long)
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